title: Peritubular membrane potential in kidney proximal tubular cells of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Peritubular membrane potential in kidney proximal tubular cells of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-Okamoto strain adult rats) was measured with conventional 3 mol KCl microelectrodes, in vivo. Peritubular cell membrane potential was not different in SHR (-66.5 ± 0.7 mV) as compared with normotensive control Wistar rats (-67.5 ± 1.2 mV). To test the effects of possible altered sodium membrane transport in SHR on proximal tubule peritubular membrane potential, we allowed SHR and control rats to drink 1% NaCl for two weeks. Again, proximal tubule peritubular membrane potential was not different in SHR on 1% NaCl (-67.0 ± 1.0 mV) as compared with control rats on 1% NaCl (-64.7 ± 1.3 mV). From these results we concluded that peritubular membrane potential in kidney proximal tubular cells of SHR was not different from normotensive Wistar control rats, and if some alteration of sodium transport in kidney proximal tubular cells of SHR could exist, that was not possible to evaluate from the measurements of peritubular membrane potential in kidney proximal tubular cells.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Department of Pathological Physiology, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Todorovic
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nesovic-Ostojic
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cemerikic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000502:physiology; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride